Karkanyan Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Karkanyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Karkanyan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

Karkanyan Demographics

Karkanyan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 4 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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Karkanyan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karkanyan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Karkanyan (Russian: Карканян) is more frequently found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karkanyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Karkanyan is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Karkanyan live; 75 percent live in West Asia and 75 percent live in Levant.

The last name is most commonly used in Lebanon, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 939,514. In Lebanon it is most numerous in: South Governorate, where 83 percent live and Beqaa Governorate, where 17 percent live. Not including Lebanon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 25 percent live.

Karkanyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Armenian Apostolic (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karkhanyan952/
Korkanyan8914/
Kharkanian845/
Carrkanyan841/
Carcanyan783/
Qarkhanian748/
Koorkanian742/
Corkhanyan741/
Karkonian678/
Kerkonian5622/
Korkounian5320/
Kourkonian534/
Kourkounian5028/
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Karkanyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karkanyan in the Russian language
Карканянkarkanan-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karkanyan
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